Re: creating folders and sub folders

[Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com>]

Vladimir Olensky wrote:

> better not to bother to spend time  for that.  Many times
> I noticed that occasionally people spend much more time
> and efforts explaining and reasoning why they won't give
> the answer or explaining what one should do before asking
>  that question though  giving direct answer or hint would
> take twice (or even more) less time.
>

Maybe the most polite approach should be "The short answer is XXX and you can
find a detailed answer by looking at YYY" where YYY isn't too general. (A
specific URL, the title/author of a book, or some reasonably detailed guide
as to how to get there.) Its easy for all of us who have been around for a
while to take for granted a certain body of experience. And if we hang around
this newsgroup enough, its easy for us to remember the thousands of times the
same questions came up. I suppose every high school teacher gets tired of the
same dumb questions every school year too. We can get a new crop of
"students" every day. :-)

>
> The only valid reason for irritation is when the SAME person
> asks the SAME question more times than  addressed person
> tolerance threshold which is different for different people
> (from 0 to infinity:-).

I know I have lots of patience for the merely ignorant and even the lazy
(smart?) who might find it easier to ask than to dig for the answer
themselves. (I recall a study that indicated engineers received 75% of their
information from talking to each other on the job rather than looking in
books or any other sources.) I'd have to admit to having my patience go
asymptotic towards zero when confronted with someone who makes the same
mistake repeatedly - or wants to cheat on school projects.

>
> People with tolerance threshould = 0 should not try
> to answer at all :-)
>

Wise advice. But we all occasionally like to play the role of Newsgroup
Police. Maybe its the flashy uniforms and nightsticks. :-)

MDC
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